Emily walked up the stairs until she reached the floor that her apartment was on when she stepped up onto the old carpet she saw her neighbour Cheryl's door open, Cheryl was rather introverted, so she didn't go outside much, but liked to check who was walking past her door.
"Hey, Cheryl." Emily said earning a smile from Cheryl who then quickly closed the door. Emily sighed and started towards her own apartment. She slid her key into the lock and pushed the door open, she was greeted by a black cat who slunk through her legs and clawed at her feet. "Oh, hey, Sergio, how have you been buddy?" Sergio could reply with nothing but a quiet meow before running towards the living room "I know the feeling, buddy." Emily sighed, following her cat into the living room and falling onto her sofa. She dropped her head in her hands and tried to shake JJ from her mind, When she found this impossible she went into her bedroom and took a long nap, hoping that when she woke her feelings for JJ would have melted away.
JJ faced a dilemma: how the hell was she supposed to tell Emily about her sexuality without accidently blurting out how she felt about the other woman? She had put so much effort into 'being straight' in the past few years; even inventing a boyfriend and bribing her friend Trevor to put on a New Orléans accent and pretend to be Will LaMontague so he could meet the team, how was she supposed to come back from that? She concluded to tell Emily how she felt about her but she couldn't decide how was the best way to tell Emily, so spent the most of her afternoon devising a plan.
After she had a light lunch with her son, Henry, JJ had decided on a plan, for this plan she needed to wear something nice but not like she was overdressed, car troubles and to pack a Go-Bag without pajamas. She hoped her plan would be enough to woo Emily. When she had finished practically planning mission impossible, she looked at her clock, it was only two o'clock, another four and a half hours before she could see Emily. She slumped back into the sofa she was sitting on and called Garcia, hoping the other woman's 'Home Emergency' had been dealt with.
"He who seeks the Queen of All Knowledge, speak and be recognised." came Penelope's voice through the phone
"Um, Hey, Pen." upon hearing JJ's voice it would have been fair to assume that Garcia had suddenly transformed into a pig because she felt the need to squeal at the full extent of her lungs. JJ pulled the phone away from here ear. "Ouch." She said simply, before she was interrupted by the technical analyst's voice coming through.
"OH MY GOD! Jayje, How'd it do with Emily? Did you kiss her? What do her lips feel like? Are they soft or hard? Actually, forget that question, it's weird. Did she tell you she loves you too? Whats going to happen about Henry? Is she coming to live with you because that would save Henry getting used to new surroundings, but her apartment is a lot bigger? Are you guys going to like get married because I can take you dress shopping if you would like, but then again who would wear the dress, and who is going to propose?" Garcia spoke at 100mph, not stopping to take a breath.
"BREATH GARCIA!" JJ yelled, "Nothing happened with Emily; she left early because she had a migraine." Then she remembered the lie Garcia had told her at breakfast. "What do you know?" It was more of a demand then a question.
"I know nothing." Penelope answered, refusing to tell the other woman anything.
"But, you're all-knowing. Remember?"
"Yes, I remember."
"Well, I know there is something you're not telling me, because I know you lied about Emily having Explosive Diarrhea." JJ stated firmly
"Yes, I lied, but I can't tell you what I know. It's a secret." Garcia was determined not to tell JJ what Emily had blurted out at breakfast.
"C'mon Garcia, cut me some slack here?"
"No. I refuse. Case closed."
"Screw you, Garcia."
"That's a nice thing to say to your best friend isn't it? Anyway, enjoy your movie night with Miss Prentiss."
"How did you know about that?"
"I am all-knowing, remember?" and with that Garcia ended the call.
"There is something fishy going on here." JJ thought. "It must be big if Garcia doesn't want to gossip about it, and it must be something to do with Emily because she is acting weird to, 'I've just got a bit of a migraine.' she said, does she think I'm stupid? I know what she looks like when she is ill, and she definitely didn't look like it today. I'm going to find out what everyone else knows that I don't." she smiled at herself. "maybe I should take those profiling classes after all."
Emily Prentiss was having another nightmare or rather a daymare: she had been put in a tank, that was slowly filling up with water, but large, about the size of her bedroom, and at one end she was standing, and here was a gun on a table, and on another table there was a life belt.
"Choose." A voice boomed through the tank, upon command Emily picked up the life belt but instead the gun appeared in her hand. "Good choice, now, there's no use trying to shoot your way out of here, because that glass is bullet proof, go ahead and try it if you must, but I assure you escape is impossible." then, the worst part of the nightmare became apparent, the rest of the BAU team appeared at the other end of the tank, they were tied up and gagged. "Choose." Bellowed the voice again.
"What do you mean?" Emily asked, her eyes fixed on JJ.
"Well, you have a gun, which one of you dies and which ones of you live? I warn you to choose quickly because you only have about five minutes before you all drown." Emily looked down and realised the water was already past her waist, she looked at the members of her team, ultimately choosing which one to kill, Hotch was out of the question, he had to take care of jack since Hailey had died, JJ of course went without saying, that left Reid, Rossi, Morgan and Garcia, she looked at the four of them. she couldn't kill Rossi, he was like a father to her, but she couldn't kill any of them.
"What happens to the ones I don't kill?" She asked.
"They get out, and live their lives." the voice replied, not knowing this was just a bad dream, Emily chose instead to kill herself. She pointed the gun at her own head, and was about to squeeze the trigger when she realised the team had disappeared, leaving just her and JJ in the tank, which was now empty. She took a final look at JJ, willing those beautiful blue eyes to be the last thing she ever saw, and then she released the bullet, expecting everything to go dark, or light, or something, but instead the sound of the shot rang through the air, and JJ fell down, blood pooling around her chest. "Good choice." Said the voice, before the tank, along with the gun faded away, and it was just JJ, Emily and darkness, JJ was losing blood fast and there was nothing Emily could do to stop it.
"Goodbye." JJ managed weakly, Emily shook her head.
"No! Don't say that, you're going to be fine!" she said, trying to convince herself as well. "I Love you Jennifer." She said, then she was alone. "NO! JENNIFER!" and then nothing
For the second time that day Emily Prentiss woke up screaming "JENNIFER!" into her empty apartment. She shook her head at herself and picked up her cell, the clock on which told her it was three o'clock, another three and a half hours before she could see JJ. She dialed the other woman's number and stood up, walking towards her dresser and turning her hair curlers on, ready to make herself look beautiful for JJ's visit this evening.
"Hey, Em." JJ answered, her voice sending shivers down the other woman's spine.
"Hey." Emily replied. "What are you doing?"
"Nothing much." JJ answered, "just about to take Henry for a walk, how about you?"
"I just woke up from my nap; I had another nightmare and now I'm just trying to sort my hair out, but it doesn't seem to want to coöperate." Emily said, another strand of her hair falling, not curled, from her hair curlers,
"Oh dear, well, do you want to come out to the park with me and Henry? He loves you and it's been a while since he saw his 'Emby.'" JJ said, hoping Emily would agree to her invitation.
"Emby?" Emily asked,
"Yeah, he can't say Emily properly yet, so he just says Emby instead, you don't mind do you?" Emily smiled at JJ's question.
"Of course I don't mind, I think it's adorable! I would love to come to the park with you and Henry, can you give me like half an hour to sort myself out though? I vaguely resemble a gremlin right now." Emily asked.
"Yes, that's fine," JJ said, by which she meant "Emily, you're always beautiful, bad hair day or otherwise, and I can't wait to see you."
"Great! I'll see you then." Emily stated, overjoyed at the prospect of seeing JJ and Henry, even if it did mean controlling her burning flame of desire to act like a normal human being.
